The "don't look at me " shot

To look or not to look into the camera, that is the question. I came across this interesting debate in one of the local photography forum. Is eye contact really that critical in portraiture? "Look at me, look at me!", but why? They said the eyes are the the window to ones soul, is that the only way to capture that? Maybe, we could look at the pictures from another perspective and still find beauty in it? To me, as long as I'm comfortable with the outcome of the overall picture, it doesn't matter whether the model is looking at me or smiling at me.

My First Portraiture Night Shoot

What a way to start the New Year? A new approach in portraiture. An outdoor portrait night shoot. It just amazed me how simple lighting can have a great impact in the photo. I really like the model's (Olga from Russia) poses and expressions. Professional model, great light and beautiful background, what more can I ask for. I also took this opportunity to try out the Lensbaby Composer. The result is quite satisfactory and what I need to do now is to improve on my manual focus skill.
Some might ask why not photoshop the effect during post editing instead of using special effect lens like lensbaby? The joy of photography is not just the end result of the picture taken but also the process of capturing the picture.

2009 A New Beginning

I'll like to take this opportunity to wish all my viewers out there a Happy New Year! I've been taking a break from photography for the past few weeks. I was happily playing online games on my PS3 and got to know a lot of gaming friends from all over the world.
New year, new beginning. I've been taking too much portraiture in 2008 and I'll like to concentrate on other photography subjects this year. Macrco, flower photography, product shot, food photography and others. I got myself a "lensbaby" a few days ago after listening to a photography podcast by 7photography Questions. ( http://www.7photographyquestions.com/). What is Lensbaby, some might ask? Well, it is actually a selective focus lens. I was total amazed when I visited Lensbaby Guru, Kathleen Clemons's website. (http://www.kathleenclemonsphotography.com/). Very soft and dreamy effect.
I got the Lensbaby Composer plus the macro kit which is the latest edition to the lensbaby family. Easier to used as compared to the 3G which is the earlier version.